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This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World

Jerry Brotton

In 1570, when it became clear she would never be gathered into the Catholic fold, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. This marked the beginning of an extraordinary English…

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The Sale of the Late King’s Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection

Jerry Brotton

Shortlisted for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize, the critically acclaimed and dazzling account of the sale of Charles I’s art collection.

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The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

Jerry Brotton

The gripping story of Queen Elizabeth’s bold alliance with the Ottoman sultan by the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps.

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Great Maps: The World’s Masterpieces Explored and Explained

Jerry Brotton

Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the land of no sunshine or the land of…

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A History of the World in 12 Maps

Jerry Brotton

First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Ltd. –T.p. verso.

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A History of the World in Twelve Maps

Jerry Brotton

Examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery. This title recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of…

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Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World

Jerry Brotton

Trading Territories tells the compelling story of maps and geographical knowledge in the early modern world from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century.

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Fifty Maps and the Stories they Tell

Jerry Brotton,Nick Millea

This book is a treasure-trove of cartographical delights spanning over a thousand years. Each map is accompanied by a narrative revealing the story behind how it came to be made…

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Talking Maps

Jerry Brotton,Nick Millea

Drawing on the Bodleian Library’s outstanding map collection and covering almost a thousand years, ‘Talking Maps’ takes a new approach to map-making by showing how maps and stories have always…

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Global Interests: The Material Culture of Early Modern Europe

Jerry Brotton,Lisa Jardine

In this groundbreaking, highly provocative examination of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an analysis of the…

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The Sultan and the Queen Lib/E: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

Jerry Brotton

When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. Now England’s key markets would be closed to her Protestant merchants. To complicate…

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The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

Jerry Brotton

The gripping story of Queen Elizabeth’s bold alliance with the Ottoman sultan by the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps.

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The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

Jerry Brotton

The gripping story of Queen Elizabeth’s bold alliance with the Ottoman sultan by the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps.

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Great Maps: The World’s Masterpieces Explored and Explained

Jerry Brotton,DK Publishing

Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the land of no sunshine or the land of…

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Global Interests: Renaissance Art Between East and West

Lisa Jardine,Jerry Brotton

Presents a re-assessment of Renaissance art. This title examines the ways in which Europeans interacted and exchanged art objects with the East, and how that process contributed to Western cultural…

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The Renaissance Bazaar: from the Silk Road to Michelangelo

Jerry Brotton (Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London)

This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. It guides the reader through…

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The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction

Jerry Brotton (Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London)

This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. It guides the reader through…

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Ecotheology and Nonhuman Ethics in Society: A Community of Compassion

This book promotes Christian ecology and animal ethics from the perspectives of the Bible, science, and the Judeo-Christian tradition. It covers diverse topics such as developing Christian virtue ethics, assisting…

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